Matt LeBlanc Talks Cars, Controversy, And Country Life

Clearly not Joey anymore.

The last series of Top Gear is likely to be remembered as a disaster of sorts. Chris Evans’s departure confirmed that. But there is a man who never gives up, and that is Matt LeBlanc.

Sure, we will forever remember him as Joey from Friends, but the actor is now back for a second time to host Top Gear, and there was a lot he wanted to tell loaded about…

loaded: So how is the new series of Top Gear going? Are you back in the studio?

LeBlanc: We start the studio stuff at the end of February. Right now we’re just shooting all the film. I’ve been to Kazakhstan, Morocco, Vegas, we’re going to Dubai, London – we’ve been all over the place.

loaded: What’s your favourite place you’ve been to so far?

LeBlanc: We shot one film in Malibu. That was kind of nice because I could sleep in my bed. [laughs]

LeBlanc: Chris Harris and Rory Reid are the other two main presenters, but they were there last year.

loaded: And that’s all going ok?

LeBlanc: Yeah, yeah. It’s all good, it’s smooth.

loaded: Do you ever argue about which cars you like?

LeBlanc: We argue on camera yeah, that’s part of the show.

loaded: And when is the new series coming out?

LeBlanc: I don’t think we premiere until March so it’s a way away still. We’ll do a big press thing, probably here in the States, and it will be stuff I can talk about because right now I don’t know what I can talk about and what I can’t because I don’t know what’s going to make the cut yet. So it’s a little premature.

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loaded: Do you have a favourite car from doing the series so far?

LeBlanc: I don’t know, you know when you drive so much different stuff it’s hard to say. They’re all fun. I like all cars. Slow ones, fast ones…